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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Escort \Es*cort"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Escorted}; p. pr & vb n. {Escorting}.] [Cf. F. escorter, It scortare See {Escort}, n.] To attend with a view to guard and protect; to accompany as safeguard; to give honorable or ceremonious attendance to -- used esp. with reference to journeys or excursions on land; as to escort a public functionary, or a lady; to escort a baggage wagon. Syn: To accompany; attend. See {Accompany}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Escort \Es"cort\, n. [F. escorte, It scorta a guard or guide, fr scorgere to perceive, discern, lead, fr L. ex out quite + corrigere to correct, set right See {Correct}.] 1. A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some one as an attendant; a guard, as of prisoners on a march; also a body of persons, attending as a mark of respect or honor; -- applied to movements on land, as convoy is to movements at sea. The troops of my escort marched at the ordinary rate. --Burke. 2. Protection, care or safeguard on a journey or excursion; as to travel under the escort of a friend. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: escort n 1: someone who escorts and protects a prominent person [syn: {bodyguard}] 2: the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them [syn: {accompaniment}] 3: an attendant who is employed to accompany someone 4: a participant in a date; "his date never stopped talking" [syn: {date}] v 1: accompany as an escort [syn: {esquire}] 2: accompany or escort: "I'll see you to the door" [syn: {see}]
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